chakster
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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @rauliruegas i hear ya I sold my Dynaudio SUB-300 long time ago, i just don't want to bother my good neighbours with extremely deep bass. Zu Audio Druid 10-incher promises to do sufficient 40Hz bass to not require a subwoofer, i'm fine with it n... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil This topic is not relevant to analog section of the forum, it must be placed in the digital section of the forum. DACs, Apple TV, CDs, streaming music etc... this is what are you gonna talk about in analog corner? People are strange | |
| VPI Scout 2 vs. Luxman PD 441 This site is great for all Luxman owners, this is the only souce for Luxman armboards (for all tonearms). Very nice replicas for reasonable price. @carrden99 there are many vintage tonearms for lighweight (mid and high compliance) cartridges, in t... | |
| Cartridge recommendations Well, my real to real is too old, it is more for the decoration and looks very attractive, got it from my gradfather. Anyway, i have mentioned in another thread that one of my AT-ML170 is looking for a new home. I have the AT-ML180 OCC to keep. I ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @nandric I am not sure if Russian Federation has ''snake wood'' so the question is why chakster used simple wood for his racks? Where do you see wood in my racks? Too much snake oil? I was inspired by those metal racks for studio broadcast turnta... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @rauliruegas haha, i know how much you like tubes, i don't mind to try First Watt if i will ever find them used for reasonable price, but they are so heavy to ship like the ancors. The modern tubes sounds like sh***t, but i was pretty serious abou... | |
| Cartridge recommendations @invictus005 do you have tape machine? Have you tried the AT-ML170 OCC or maybe Stanton 981?This is the T.A.S. article to check about the cartridges that sounds closer to the mastertape, but this is the opinion of the guys who actually cut and mas... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Finished my heavyweight custom racks for two Luxman PD-444. Now it looks like a battle between a turntable with MM carts and a turntable with MC carts. This is what i use to test rare vintage high-end cartridges to find out what i like the most in... | |
| Audio Technica AT ML-180 Cartridge Advice @ateal I had a long conversation with the VdH representative here in the US a few weeks ago and he explained that Mr VdH performs all the rebuilds himself and that he bought the last remaining supply of Boron tube. Whilst he did not go into detai... | |
| cartridge setup help Is that a problem to buy a set of none magnetic screws and nuts on ebay just to screw it up firmly on the headshell ? Yamamoto sells sets of screws for any cartridges. Or with a set of these special screw you don’t even need a tool to use it and t... | |
| RB 300 wire- Ingognito or Cardas and why? Cardas and Incognito (internal tonearm wires) are different, the incognito is more flexible | |
| Dac upgrade? What’s wrong with you guys (the original posters) to ask questions about digital gear in analog section of the forum? Is that a new virus?? | |
| Best way to route signal from laptop to integrated amplifier And why do you post this topic about laptop in ANALOG section of this forum? Where is the moderator when we need him? | |
| Thoughts on best budget phono pre-amp under $400? I’ve been using two Grado PH-1 phono preamps, upgraded with Vishay Naked Foil 100k resistors. High and Low gain switch available, so can be used for low output MI or some MC too. They are a bit shy in low register, but for $350 used it can be a ve... | |
| Cartridges: Complete Scam? @frogman well, i do not exactly following your full conversation with Raul , i can lost in all those posts. You're right about pitch instable, same with off-centered record pressing, we can hear it, yes. But i believe we cannot hear when 33.333 r... |